This is part of our series about new 2015 California Real Estate laws. Click here to see the series. This new law prohibits anyone from causing or allowing any person to bid at a sale for the sole purpose of increasing the bid on any real property being sold by the auctioneer. An auctioneer or another […]
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2015 Real Estate Laws: Solar Energy Property Tax Exclusion Extended
This is part of our series about new 2015 California Real Estate laws. Click here to see the series. SOLAR ENERGY PROPERTY TAX EXCLUSION EXTENDED This California law extends a solar tax exemption for new active solar energy systems until 2025. The existing law (set to expire in 2017) bars property tax increases based upon the […]
2015 California Real Estate Laws: Purchase price is no longer a secret
This post is part of a series about new 2015 California Real Estate laws. Click here to see the series. California Real Estate Laws: Documentary Transfer Tax – Purchase price is no longer a secret This law repeals the right of a principal buyer to request that the transfer tax be shown on a separate document, thus shielding it from […]
2015 Real Estate Laws: Tax Exemption for Mortgage Debt Forgiveness
Today begins our series about new 2015 California Real Estate laws. Click here to see the series. 2015 Real Estate Laws: Tax Exemption for Mortgage Debt Forgiveness This law extends California’s exclusions of taxation of mortgage debt forgiveness for qualified principal residence indebtedness in partial conformity with the federal Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007. […]